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economist suntribune healthy living saturday aug 3 2002 13 chemical in glue banned in us legal in canada from page 12 a chemical in the glue may eat away at the nail causing it to fall off in many cases it wont grow back dr william linton of richmond hill said there isnt a good treatment for this condition some people try injecting steroids under the nail you can imagine its not very pleasant it hurts but theres no con sistently good treatment while the chemical in the glue has been banned in the united states it is still legal in canada another common problem in the application of false nails is infection if not applied firmly enough false nails allow air or water in this creates the perfect conditions for fungi and mould that live on the skin in such cases the nails may become dis torted or lose or change colour they must be treated with antifungals and maytake about three months to cor rect in recent years the number of nail salons has grown rapidly the danger is many of them market fast service and theyre not taking the time to do things right ive seen some really bad things saidtara semi manager of rocchettis in richmond hill theyre damaging peo ples nails very badly too often she said salons are working too quickly when removing the nails for instance technicians should be soaking them off instead they pull them off hurting the nail its a quick fix they dont take the time ms setni said at rocchettis a basic nail tips service costs 55 and takes anywhere from 114 hour to two hours but some salons do it in 20 to 30 minutes in that case theyre really just slapping them on watch what theyre doing ms setni said keep a close eye ms pittman would agree customers should always keep a close eye on tech nicians a big issue is the whole lack of educa tion and knowledge about infection con trol among personal service workers they just dont realize the service theyre offering can put people at quite serious risk- as a personal service industry nail salons are inspected once a year after a first impromptu visit to examine prac tices and general hygiene the inspectors return and spend time reviewing with the technicians the guidelines set out in the protocol from the ministry of health while inspectors visit most area nail salons ms pittman said theyre bound to miss some thats because they can only visit tire ones they know about and of all area municipalities only vaughan requires salons to be licensed theres a huge home industry that inspectors dont regulate and usually dont know about because theyre not streetfront or were not notified theyre opening they run the business from their home and find out about them through word of mouth such salons are not inspected unless the owner calls to ask for an inspection or the department receives a complaint when choosing a salon ms pittman said consumers should watch constantly for cleanliness of implements and sur faces they should watch to see single- use implements such as nail files and buffing blocks really 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